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Subfamily: Plumerioideae
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae
Genera native or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
Compiled from Victor et al. (2000).
Acokanthera
Five
species, occurring from the Cape up through East Africa and across to the
southern Arabian Peninsula. There are 3 species native to southern Africa. |
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Ancylobotrys
The
10 species are native to Africa and Madagascar, with 2 of them occurring
in southern Africa. |
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Callichilia
The
7 species are native to Africa, 1 of which, Callichilia orientalis,
occurs in southern Africa. |
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Carissa
About
20 species, native to Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes, Asia and
Australia, with 5 species indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Catharanthus
(Madagascar Periwinkle genus) One of the 8 species is native to India
and Sri Lanka; the remaining 7 species are endemic to Madagascar. Catharanthus
roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle) is cultivated in southern African
gardens, but has also become a weed in warm, dry places (mainly in eastern
parts of southern Africa). |
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Diplorhynchus
One
species: Diplorhynchus condylocarpon, found in tropical Africa,
extending down into southern Africa. |
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Gonioma
One
species: Gonioma kamassi, occurring in forests from the Western
Cape through to Swaziland. |
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Landolphia
About
55 species, native to Africa and the Mascarene Islands, with 3 species
occurring in southern Africa. |
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Rauvolfia
About
60 species, pantropical, with one species, Rauvolfia caffra (= R.
natalensis), occurring in southern Africa. |
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Tabernaemontana
About
110 species, occurring through the tropics, with 2 species indigenous to
southern Africa. |
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Voacanga
The
12 species are native to the Old World, with 1 species, Voacanga
thouarsii (= Voacanga dregei), occurring in southern Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape). |
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Publications
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Victor, J.E., Bredenkamp, C.L., Venter,
H.J.T., Bruyns, P.V. & Nicholas, A. 2000. Apocynaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 71-98..
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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